"Stabilizing radical chemistry"
Abstract: Our group kinetically traps reactive intermediates from group transfer catalysis or small molecule activation processes. Using molecular design, we can use steric confinement or Lewis acid
Abstract
Advances in chemical control of the photophysical properties of transition metal complexes are
revolutionizing a wide range of technologies, such as photocatalysis, solar energy conversion, and light-
emitting diodes, but rely heavily on molecules containing precious metals. While ruthenium and iridium
complexes have long dominated the field of inorganic photochemistry, luminescent complexes based on
more Earth-abundant early transition metals are exceedingly rare. Driven by the lower costs, greater
"Metallacarbatrane and Related Platforms for the Synthesis of Main Group Metal Hydride Compounds and Catalysts for the Reduction of CO2"
Gerard Parkin
Achieving the net zero emission goal necessitates doubling the electricity production by renewable technologies and electrifying the transportation sector. These urgent societal challenges generate a significant gap in manufacturing demand and production, which calls for solutions to achieve resource supply security and advanced manufacturing capabilities. Ions, as the simplest unit for separation and synthesis, are critical to control to enable transformative technologies.
Research
Goicoechea leads a dynamic research group focused on the design and synthesis of novel compounds based on environmentally abundant main-group elements (e.g. aluminium, silicon, phosphorus). This work ranges from purely fundamental studies (such as the synthesis of elusive small molecules and reactive intermediates), to more applied fields (catalysis and materials science).
https://www.chem.indiana.edu/faculty/jose-goicoechea/
Host. Prof, Mindiola
-Nanoporous materials, such as MOFs, COFs, and discrete nanocages, are increasingly targeted as tunable supports for molecular electrocatalysts. The pores of these materials provide new opportunities for tuning catalytic activity but also raise challenging mechanistic questions since the confined pore environment must rearrange to accommodate the movement of charge during electrocatalytic processes. This talk will describe the development of porphyrin-walled nanocages as soluble model structures for examining how nanoconfined environments respond to redox changes.
